Blunt claims no expenditures

Registered lobbyist Andrew Blunt, brother of Governor Matt Blunt, and son of Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt, filed four no-expenditure reports, one for each month from January through April with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
That doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't lobbying, since I would imagine it is pretty easy for the governor's brother to get calls returned.
Expenditure forms for May have not been placed on the Ethics Commission's website yet.
Some were surprised that Blunt's March disclosure form did not show any gifts for legislators. State Democrats have filed a complaint with the Commission, claiming that Blunt should have filed a report covering the little vacation retreat taken by nine Republican legislators, including Marilyn Ruestman, R-Joplin, and Speaker of the House Rod Jetton, to Hot Springs, Ark., during the House break that month.
As The Turner Report revealed last month Blunt added six clients to his lobbying list following his brother's election in November. Those added were: Ameren UE, St. Louis; Burlington Northern Railway, Springfield; Farmer Companies, Jefferson City; Health Management Systems, Odessa; Heritage Information Systems, Richmond, Va., and Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, Jefferson City.
A seventh, ACS Heritage Inc., Richmond, Va., a consulting company which makes it money by offering management and cost-cutting services to government programs, insurance companies and large employers, was added June 20, as was revealed in the June 23 Turner Report.
According to the company's website, "through a sophisticated suite of proprietary, web-enabled software applications, ACS-Heritage helps clients decrease costs and improve the quality of their prescription drug programs."
Also noted on the website, "ACS-Heritage was founded in 1980 and currently serves more than 14 Medicaid programs, several national commercial insurers, over a dozen Blue Cross Blue Shield licenses, and some of the largest employer groups in the country."
Organizations and special interests already on Blunt's client list were: Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wis.; Missouri Hospital Association, Jefferson City; Phillip Morris, Richmond, Va., PSRI, Jefferson City; Southwestern Bell (SBC), Jefferson City; Systems & Methods, Carrolton, Ga.; and United Parcel Service, Leawood, Kan.